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Janelle Miles

Acting CHO Peter Aitken encourages Queenslanders to wear masks again as flu and COVID threaten double-whammy winter

Acting Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken is concerned for healthcare workers who have been under strain for years. (ABC News: Mark Leonardi)

Queenslanders are being urged to don masks again indoors as the flu and COVID-19 threaten to fill 1,000 of the state's hospital beds this winter in a forecast "worst-case scenario".

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